Impact of Pb-Zn sulfide precipitation on the clay mineral assemblage in the Gays River deposit, Nova Scotia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 779-792

  Chagnon, A ^a   St Antoine, P ^a   Savard, M M ^b   Heroux Y ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VISEAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0032462464     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.6.779     Document Type: Article

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